Comic books September 1952

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Indicia title is "RHUBARB, OWNER OF THE BROOKLYN BALL CLUB, No. 423." Painted cover art. Rhubarb, art by Don Gunn; A millionaire who owns the Brooklyn Loons baseball team befriends a tough yellow tomcat that he names "Rhubarb" after the slang term for a baseball argument; Three years later, the man dies and leaves the bulk of his fortune and the ball club to Rhubarb; The Loons' press agent Eric Yeager is named legal guardian of the cat and a running sub-plot is his attempts to marry Polly Sickles, who is allergic to the cat; At the climax, Rhubarb, who has been the good luck charm for the baseball team during a winning streak, is kidnapped by some gangsters who plan on Brooklyn losing the championship game without their lucky mascot. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Flash Gordon in "Test Flight into Space." Painted cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

"The Return of Zorro." Painted cover. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Ralph Heimdahl. Stories by Don R. Christensen and various. Art by Tony Strobl, Fred Abranz and John Carey. Featuring the tales "The Scalawag Leprechaun," "Relative Troubles," "Used Car Trouble" and an untitled 1-pager, plus additional stories on the inside front and inside back covers, as well as the back cover. Starring Porky Pig! 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Harvey Kurtzman. "Thunderjet!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Alex Toth; Captain Wood and his squadron go on a mission to destroy a North Korean troop train. "Caesar!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Wally Wood; After conquering Germany and France, Ceasar is killed by his own senate. "Tubridy's Triumph" text story, script and art by Harvey Kurtzman. "Chickamauga!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, art by Jack Davis; The story of the battle of Chickamauga creek. "Night Patrol!", script by Harvey Kurtzman, pencils by John Severin, inks by Bill Elder; Pappy is taking out a night patrol of replacements to gauge the strength of enemy forces near Taegu, and they discover a tremendous number; Just when they get set to return to base with the information, the enemy attacks, and all make it back alive except for two. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

British Edition. 7-in. x 9 3/4-in., 98 pages, black and white.

NOTE: #1-5 titled Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories. #6-14 titled Future Science Fiction. Cover price $0.20.

Volume 3, Issue 3 - September 1952. Cover by Peter Poulton. Science Fiction and adventures stories featuring "The Gods Fear Love" by Gene Hunter, and "Final Barrier" by Alan E. Nourse. Illustrations by Luros and Murphy. 7-in. x 10-in. 96 newsprint pages B&W. Cover price $0.20.

The legendary Gabby Hayes, the most famous of all Western movie sidekicks, takes the starring role for adventure and misadventure. Spurned and humiliated by Miss Ellie, feed-store owner Al Falfa decides to get even by selling her poisoned grain for her cattle. Gabby enters a music contest, and music will never be the same. When miner Hard Rock Shale is trapped in an abandoned mine, Gabby sets out to rescue him, but the inept Bungle Lowe wants to make sure he gets Shale's claim all to himself. Favorite line this issue: "My poor ears! Gabby may be a good conductor - but only on a trolley!" Wild Oats!; Loco Lew; Money Maker; Gabby Hayes Beats the Band; Glib Gibbons; Young Falcon: The Banker's Watch!; Chief Gray Matter; Gabby Hayes Battles a Bungler. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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September 1952. Cover by Jack Coggins. Stories: "Delay In Transit" by F. L. Wallace, "The Altruist" by James H. Schmitz, "The Snowball Effect" by Katherine MacLean, "Today is Forever" by Roger Dee, "The Moons of Mars" by Dean Evans, "Tea Tray in the Sky" by Evelyn E. Smith, and "The Mousetrap" by Gordon R. Dickson. 5.25-in. x 7.5-in.; 160 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Cover art by Ruben Moreira. The Private Eye Who Couldn't See, pencils by Curt Swan, inks by Ray Burnley. Rise and Fall of a Gambler, art by Ed Robbins. Short-Weight Sleuth, art by Allen Ulmer. The Golden Mouthpiece, pencils by Howard Purcell, inks by Sheldon Moldoff. 44 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Photo cover of Gene Autry. Stories and art by Tony Sgroi and August Lenox. Singing cowboy Gene Autry was a multimedia star from the 1930s-1950s, in music, movies, radio, and television, as well as comic books. Gene gets involved in a deadly mountainside race with outlaws that ends at Suicide Bend. A fallen tree tells a lawman all he needs to know about a prospector's murder. Plus articles about the US Camel Corps and the origins of riding shotgun. Ghost of Dead Mans Ranch; The Trick Killer; Tree of Doom; Camel Corps Westward; The Judge Who Read Too Much; Shotgun Guard. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover art by Rafael DeSoto. Dry Socks starring G.I. Joe, art by Henry Sharp; Only Private Carpenter manages to keep his socks dry. Get one for Anzio!--Here Are Your Boys. The Best Man starring G.I. Joe, art by Henry Sharp; Sgt. Mulvaney has certain ideas about matrimony, and he doesn't try to keep them from Joe. Eyes Right starring Wendy the WAF, pencils by Dan DeCarlo. Too Tough to Die starring Buddies, art by George Olesen. The Lacrosse Whoopee starring G.I. Joe, art by Henry Sharp; The Americans have a try at the Canadian national game of lacrosse. Portrait of the Artist starring G.I. Joe, art by Henry Sharp; Brewster Swenson was a promising novelist in civilian life, but doesn't like the way his writing is progressing here in Korea. 52 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Art by Ken Hultgren and others. Funny-animal mayhem from Creston, an imprint of independent publisher ACG, with art by cartooning legend Dan Gordon. Bubblehead, one of the only living people who can see Spencer, tries to introduce Spencer to his other living friends; Marty Cat tries to guard the house cheese from Maxwell Mouse and the house mice; A woman digs up the tree where Squire the squirrel and Chip the chipmunk live, and transplants it to the city. Spencer Spook; The Duke and the Dope; Bum Bill Bee and the Diamond Necklace!; The Bee Who Made History; Marty; The Boy Without a Birthday!; The Squire and the Chip. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Official UCLA football program. 8" x 10.5", 40 pages, B&W Cover price $0.50.

Issue #20 - Aug.-Sept. 1952. Jokes and single panel cartoons. 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 50 pages, B&W. MATURE. Cover price $0.25.

Stories and art by Marty Taras and others. An anthology series from Harvey that served to introduce and test out other series. Although the indicia calls this Harvey Comics Hits #60, it is unofficially Paramount Animated Comics #1 as well. This issue features the kids' comics that would eventually become Harvey's bread and butter, including Baby Huey's 2nd appearance in future mainstay Harvey Comics, and only his 3rd appearance in comics overall. Herman the mouse and Katnip the cat wind up on the moon. Casper finds a ghostly solution to the housework blues. Buzzy: Guide Service; Buzzy Fools a Fox; Herman and Katnip: Trip to the Moon; Wily Fox; Brownie; Little Audrey: Dirty Trick, Big Bully, Batter Up; Baby Huey: Play Ball; Herman's Last Laugh; Casper the Friendly Ghost: Haunted Housework. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Bob Powell, Ralph Mayo and Ray Willner. A one-shot from Ziff-Davis focused on men's adventure. A heavyweight champion agrees to fight a talented amateur, to raise money for charity. A history of attempts to climb Mount Everest, written before the 1953 summit, with art by Everett Raymond Kinstler. A Bob Powell story about Paul Bunyan has the best title, perhaps of all time: "The He-est He-Man of the Them All." Plus biographies of "he-men" Attila the Hun, bullfighter Juan Belmonte, and Lawrence of Arabia. The Brave Belmonte; Winner Give All; Horror on Horseback; The Man Who Murdered an Empire; He-Man of a Mountain; We Who Are About to Die; The He-est He-Man of the Them All. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vintage supermarket tabloid magazine full of high profile true crime stories of the FBI and the CIA, some with testimonials from those involved in, or close to the cases themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 66 pages, B&W. Recommended for ages 16+. Cover price $0.25.

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Photo Cover. Stories by unknown. Art by Charles Sultan?, Charles Quinlan, John Forte, W.G. Hargis?, Sam Citron? and unknown. He's so attentive -- sometimes she wonders if it's just because she's the famous Morley model! Read..."I Was Nobody's Girl" starring Adrienne Morley, Anne, Donna Richards, Jimmy Dailey, Mr. Morley, Mrs. Gathers and Ross Delbert. Also featuring: "I'll Cry No More" starring Gary Andrews, Janet Muir, Judy Muir and Sharon Muir; "May and December" starring Mimi Clark, Neil Brett and Phillip Devereaux; and "On the Rebound" starring Bert Evans, Joan Foster and Vic Stuart. Plus: Advice on Love Problems letters page by Marilyn Minton. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Final issue. Stories by Stan Lee and unknown. Art by Ed Winiarski. Hedy stars in two untitled stories written by Stan Lee, plus five untitled 1-pagers. Also in this issue: untitled Trumpetski the Great story written by Stan Lee, and untitled Sandra the Star tale written by Stan Lee. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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"Chords and Discords" and "Henry Enjoys an Early Fall!" Little Guy back-up story, "Fun in Store!" 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

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Painted cover by Jack Berrill. Stories and art by Ed Moore and Frank Frazetta. Non-fiction comics featuring true tales of heroism from everyday people and courage on the battlefield. An executive uses artificial respiration to revive a drowned man, and a classic religious PSA, both featuring early art by fantasy and comics legend Frank Frazetta. A reporter joins soldiers on the front lines in Korea. Combat Newsman; Brought Back to Life; Supporting Fire; Devotion to Duty; Soldier of Salvation; Silver Star Sgt. Sager; Alert Youth; Babysitter Savior; Firefighting Postman; With the Help of God; The Glory Road; God Sent Me; Coole's Convoy; Truck Full of Human Freight; Baby Knows Best; Heroic Achievements. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Joe Certa, Max Elkan, Frank Bolle and Rod Reed. Western adventure featuring one of the most popular heroes of the mid-20th century, star of TV, film and radio. A phony locksmith masterminds a jailbreak. Hopalong realizes that the City Hall fire was deliberately set to destroy some documents. When Flint says he's half-crazy, Pistol Packing Pattie suggests that he's half right. Hopalong Cassidy and the Case of the Mysterious Locksmith; Hill Billy; Whitey Whiskers: King of Corn; Hopalong Cassidy and the Marks of Guilt!; Smart Deputy; Pistol Packin' Pattie; Lucky 13; Unfoolable Fuller. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

UK Edition. black and white; 24 pages.

"Hangman's Holiday"; Sadistic George Worth works as the state's hangman and dreams of hanging a woman, once in his life; When Mona Trent is put on death row, Worth sees to it that he can hang her personally; He tampers with the prison clock to prevent the woman's reprieve from the governor. "The Refugee from a Locked Coffin"; Frank Drexel shoots his associate Roger Simon dead with a gun because Simon was to expose Drexel's embezzlement of company money; However, Drexel keeps encountering Simon's living corpse who forces him into making a confession. "The Ghost's Last Laugh" text story. "Iron Doom"; Mr. Matterman from New York inherits Mader castle on the Rhine in Germany; He travels there and plans on opening a torture museum; While he's at it, he kills caretaker Hans to start his collection; The castle's tortured souls awake in the dungeon and attack Matterman. "The Dancer of Death"; The dancer Vanya disposes of her lover Paul by pushing him out of a window; But Paul's ghost returns and makes her life miserable. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.

Stories and art by Frank Giacoia, Vic Martin, and Art Peddy. "Hot Rod" King drives the Cameron Motor Company's experimental race car, The Falcon. In a race for experimental cars only, Hot Rod is forced to choose between saving his own life or that of the mysterious Masked Driver. Hank and Hot Rod enter an antique race and are assigned a Stanley Steamer, in a story that may be the work of DC legend Carmine Infantino. Plus a look at the history and racing strategy of the soap-box derby. The Masked Driver; The Terrible-Tempered Tea Kettle; Chucklehead Rides the Rods!; F.O.B.: Junkyard; Baby Face; Wheel Wheezes; The Soap Box Derby. 32 pages, Full Color.

"Hot Rod Revere," art by Seymour Moskowitz; Speed races a flood to warn a town of impending danger. "Jimmy Mullane Sees Fastest Indianapolis Race of All Time," art by Seymour Moskowitz. "Hot Rod Express" text story. An illustrated glossary of hot rod slang. Untitled Buster Camsahft story. 'Champion of the Champs Wilbur Shaw' non-fiction piece. Pace Setters at Ridgehampton story. Louis Chevrolet at the wheel of the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Fiat Car of the Year photo. 36 pgs., full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Bob Brown. Featuring: 1 page Buzzy public service announcement "Rules of Water Safety!"; 7 page story "The Monster In Clay" drawn by Bob Brown; 6 page story "The Tell-Tale Hand" drawn by Curt Swan and George Klein; Half page Princess Caraboo story "Mysterious Princess!"; Half page story "The Hidden Author!"; 5 page story "I Was A Ghost For Hire!" pencilled by Jim Mooney; 2 page text article "Can Your Mind Be Read?"; 6 page story "The Devil Was My Partner!" pencilled by Curt Swan. 36 Pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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An icon of 1950s Americana, Howdy Doody was a star of early television, and a mischievous Tom Sawyer-type adventurer in this comic. Howdy and Dilly follow a lost puppy and enter the kingdom of the dogs, where people are pets. Dilly gets a new perspective on training his puppy when HE has to wear the collar. Howdy and Dilly go hunting, and a fox plays Dilly for a fool. Howdy Doody: The Fishing's Great; Flub-a-Dub; Dilly Dally. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Vol. 1, No. 4 - September , 1952. 5.25" x 7.5", 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

Sept 1952. Cover by Harold W. McCauley. Science fiction stories by Dwight W. Swain, Damon Knight, Daniel F. Galouye, Bill Venable, and Geoff St. Reynard. Illustrations by W. E. Terry. 5-3/8 in. x 7-5/8 in; black and white; 162 pages. Cover price $0.35.

Painted cover art by Sam Savitt. "Bear Trap" text story by George Haas. "The Warrior"; Otter of the Dakota tribe faces the challenges necessary to become a warrior. "Sacrifice to the Morning Star"; The Pawnee intend to sacrifice a captive Cheyenne girl to the Morning Star; One brave disagrees with this ritual and interferes. "Howl of the Weather" illustration; reproduction of Fredric Remington painting. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

One of many vintage supermarket tabloid magazines full of high profile FBI and CIA cases of the era, accompanied by black and white photographs and testimonials from those involved in, and close to the events themselves. 8.5" x 10.5", 58 pages, B&W, recommended for 16+. Cover price $0.15.

Text stories and illustrations. pulp format. Cover price $0.25.

Adult Humor digest featuring cartoons by various artists. Softcover Digest, 5 1/2-in. x 7-in., 98 Pages, B&W, Mature Readers 18+. Cover price $0.25.

Vol. 7, No. 1 - September, 1952. 7" x 9.75", 20 pages, B&W.

Stories and art by Ham Fisher and Jack Sparling. The amiable boxer strip becomes a pre-Code war comic as the Cold War and Korean conflict heat up. A Bill Mauldin-like buddy-soldier tale that takes place during the Korean Conflict. Joe Palooka, Bateese and Jerry fight alongside the French Underground during World War II, in a story with a possible art assist from Fisher's assistant, future Li'l Abner cartoonist Al Capp. Plus a year-by-year history of World War II. The Target; Medal For Mary Ann; Even the Children!; The Story of World War II! 1941; Kill...Then Cry!; Rendezvous. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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"A Body for the Bride" by George Bagby. Cover price $0.25.

Nightmare Come True; When a grocery clerk dreams about monsters, they enter reality. Out of the Crypt; in a tomb-like museum, Danny Murphy loves a 3,000-year-old girl. The Doom Tree text story. Preview of Doom!; Homer Dokes suffers a horrible fate when he finds the Globe of Kali. Masked Death!; five years have passed since Lucinda poisoned her husband for money, and shes about to marry again. 36 pgs. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Maurice Whitman. Edited by J. F. Byrne and Jerry Iger. Stories and art by Tony D'Adamo, Robert Webb, Bill Benulis and Ken Battefield. An influential anthology starring jungle hero Sheena, featuring early art by legendary comics artists in the Eisner-Iger Shop. A woman seeks her missing sister, in a story that includes psychic twins, a museum of the occult, mind-swapping, and - as the cover says - "werewolfery"; The debut of one-eyed detective character The Eye; Sheena saves a lion that turns out to belong to a caravan from the lion-god cult, seeking new slaves in tribute. Ghost Gallery; The Eye; The Aztec Plates; Suicide Smith; Space Scout; The Hawk; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.